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Kohli leads averages among Indian batsmen
India suffered its second successive overseas series whitewash on Saturday after Australia won th fourth and final Test of the series in Adelaide by 298 runs. It gave the hosts a 4-0 series sweep.
On of the main reasons for the poor showing in the Tests Down Under was the inability of the once-famed batting line-up to deliver.
Most of the batsmen, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, and veterans Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman failed to come to terms with pace and bounce of the wickets.
While Dhoni scored 102 runs from six innings at an average of 20.40, Sehwag (198) and Gambhir (181) were a disaster at the top, averaging a mere 24.75 and 22.62 respectively.
Here's a look at the players' showing in the four Tests.
Virat Kohli
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 300
Hs: 116
Avg: 37.50
100: 1
50: 1
0: 1
Ct/St: 3
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 287
Hs: 80
Avg: 35.87
100: 0
50: 2
0: 0
Ct/St: 3
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 198
Hs: 67
Avg: 24.75
100: 0
50: 2
0: 1
Ct/St: 3
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 194
Hs: 68
Avg: 24.25
100: 0
50: 1
0: 0
Ct/St: 0
Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 181
Hs: 83
Avg: 22.62
100: 0
50: 1
0: 1
Ct/St: 1
R Ashwin
R Ashwin
Matches: 3
Innings: 6
NO: 1
Runs: 163
Hs: 62
Avg: 32.60
100: 0
50: 1
0: 0
Ct/St: 1
VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 155
Hs: 66
Avg: 19.37
100: 0
50: 1
0: 1
Ct/St: 6
MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni
Matches: 3
Innings: 6
NO: 1
Runs: 102
Hs: 57
Avg: 20.40
100: 0
50: 1
0: 0
Ct/St: 8/0
Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 0
Runs: 69
Hs: 35
Avg: 8.62
100: 0
50: 0
0: 3
Ct/St: 0
Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 1
Runs: 49
Hs: 16
Avg: 7.00
100: 0
50: 0
0: 2
Ct/St: 0
Wriddhiman Saha
Wriddhiman Saha
Matches: 1
Innings: 1
NO: 0
Runs: 38
Hs: 35
Avg: 19.00
100: 0
50: 0
0: 0
Ct/St: 2/0
Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav
Matches: 4
Innings: 8
NO: 5
Runs: 28
Hs: 21
Avg: 9.33
100: 0
50: 0
0: 1
Ct/St: 1
Vinay Kumar
Vinay Kumar
Matches: 1
Innings: 2
NO: 0
Runs: 11
Hs: 6
Avg: 5.50
100: 0
50: 0
0: 0
Ct/St: 0